Who wrote One Hundred and One Dalmatians? July 17, 2020October 26, 2011 by Pamela Landy The source of the popular Disney film One Hundred and One Dalmatians was Dodie Smith’s 1956 novel. Related Answers What family’s and what village’s history are recounted in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude (1970)? How long was the Hundred Years’ War? What were the starting and ending points of Franklin Roosevelt’s Hundred Days? For how many of the Hundred Days did President Franklin Roosevelt order the U.S. banks closed? Where did Walt Disney’s animated cartoons first appear? When did Disneyland and Disney World open?